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Llewelyn Sherman Adams (1899-1986) —
also known as Sherman Adams; "The Abominable No
Man"; "The Great Stone Face" —
of Lincoln, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in East Dover, Dover, Windham
County, Vt., January
8, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lumberman;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1941-44; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1943-44;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1944,
1952
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1945-47; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Lincoln,
1948; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1949-53; defeated, 1946; assistant to President Dwight
D. Eisenhower, 1953-58; forced to
resign in 1958 following disclosure that he had accepted
gifts, including a vicuna
coat, from a Boston businessman seeking preferred treatment from
federal agencies.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Grange;
Elks; Society
of Colonial Wars; Foresters.
Died in Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H., October
27, 1986 (age 87 years, 292
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Lincoln, N.H.
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James Anton (1914-2006) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., March
22, 1914.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1946-47.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Eagles.
Died March
23, 2006 (age 92 years, 1
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harold Wallace Ayer (1926-1968) —
also known as Harold W. Ayer —
of Henniker, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Henniker, Merrimack
County, N.H., September
24, 1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1964.
Protestant.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Teamsters
Union.
Died in January, 1968
(age 41
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harold W. Ayer and Martha (Davis) Ayer; married, November
27, 1947, to Harriette White. |
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Charles Henry Barnard (1907-1972) —
also known as Charles H. Barnard —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Londonderry, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., September
28, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Manchester 2nd
Ward, 1935-42; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1941-42; served
in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1947-48; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester
2nd Ward, 1948; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester
2nd Ward, 1956.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
United
Commercial Travelers; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in September, 1972
(age about
65 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Barnard and Mary Mabelle (Wright) Barnard; married, November
19, 1936, to Pauline Beatrice Briggs. |
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Perkins Bass (1912-2011) —
of Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in East Walpole, Walpole, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
6, 1912.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Peterborough,
1939-43, 1947-49; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from
Peterborough, 1948; member of New
Hampshire state senate 11th District, 1949-51; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1955-63;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1962; member of Republican
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1964-.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H., October
25, 2011 (age 99 years, 19
days).
Interment at Pine
Hill Cemetery, Peterborough, N.H.
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Emile Dorilas Beaulieu Jr. (b. 1931) —
also known as Emile D. Beaulieu —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H., April 2,
1931.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; mayor
of Manchester, N.H., 1982-83, 1988-89.
Member, American Legion; National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2002.
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Robert Oscar Blood (1887-1975) —
also known as Robert O. Blood —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Enfield, Grafton
County, N.H., November
10, 1887.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; physician;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1935; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1937-40; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1941-45; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1956,
1960.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Medical
Association; American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Odd
Fellows; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died August
3, 1975 (age 87 years, 266
days).
Interment at Blossom
Hill Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
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Thomas Perkins Cheney (b. 1891) —
also known as Thomas P. Cheney —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Ashland, Grafton
County, N.H., August
17, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
trustee, Laconia State Bank;
director, Peoples National Bank of
Laconia; director, Public
Service Co. of New Hampshire; director, Laconia Street
Railway; Belknap
County Solicitor, 1920-25; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1936
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); New
Hampshire state attorney general, 1935-40; candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1938.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonathan M. Cheney and Lucy A. (Hughes) Cheney; married, September
7, 1917, to Ella M. Wardner. |
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James Colgate Cleveland (1920-1995) —
also known as James C. Cleveland —
of New London, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., June 13,
1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1950-62; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1963-81.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Grange;
Rotary;
Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died December
3, 1995 (age 75 years, 173
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harold King Davison (b. 1893) —
also known as Harold K. Davison —
of Woodsville, Haverhill, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Woodsville, Haverhill, Grafton
County, N.H., April
12, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1921-28; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1927-28; member
of New
Hampshire state senate, 1929-30; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council 1st District, 1939-40; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1940;
municipal judge in New Hampshire, 1940; New Hampshire
Republican state chair, 1943-44.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Legion; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary;
Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis E. Davison and Anna (King) Davison; married, July 21,
1920, to Gladys M. Batchelder. |
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George F. Disnard (1923-2004) —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Hingham, Plymouth
County, Mass., November
24, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; served
in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; school
teacher; superintendent
of schools; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1980; candidate for Presidential Elector
for New Hampshire.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; American Legion; Elks; Moose; Kiwanis.
Died, in Valley Regional Hospital,
Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H., September
3, 2004 (age 80 years, 284
days).
Interment at St.
Mary Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
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Germain P. Dupont (c.1915-1963) —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., about 1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; employed at J.
F. McElwain Shoe
Company; secretary-treasurer,
New Hampshire Shoe Workers Union; Hillsborough
County Commissioner, 1959-63; candidate for mayor
of Manchester, N.H., 1963.
Catholic.
Member, Catholic
War Veterans; American Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Foresters.
Suffered a heart
attack at his home, and was dead on arrival at Notre Dame Hospital,
Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., December
12, 1963 (age about 48
years).
Interment at Mt.
Calvary Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
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Thomas Walter Fecteau (1896-1991) —
also known as Thomas W. Fecteau —
of Epping, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Epping, Rockingham
County, N.H., November
29, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; grocer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Epping, 1937-41,
1945-46, 1949-50; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Hampshire, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Elks; Grange.
Died February
4, 1991 (age 94 years, 67
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred Emile Fortin (1894-1972) —
also known as Alfred E. Fortin —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., February
9, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; accountant;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1925-26, 1929-30;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Hampshire, 1932;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, American Legion.
Died in 1972
(age about
78 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Hugh Gregg (1917-2003) —
of Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H., November
22, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; mayor of
Nashua, N.H., 1950; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1953-55; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1988.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion; Rotary.
Died in 2003
(age about
85 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Alexander Kazakis (b. 1919) —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., February
9, 1919.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester
5th Ward, 1948; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1949.
Member, American Legion; Elks.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Kazakis and Alice (Pappas) Kazakis. |
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William Franklin Knox (1874-1944) —
also known as Frank Knox —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
1, 1874.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1920
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); candidate for nomination for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1924; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1936; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1940;
U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1940-44; died in office 1944.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Legion.
Died, following a series of heart
attacks, in Washington,
D.C., April
28, 1944 (age 70 years, 118
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Hervé Joseph L'Heureux (1899-1957) —
also known as Hervé J. L'Heureux —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., March 6,
1899.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Windsor, 1927-35; U.S. Consul in Windsor, 1935; Stuttgart, 1936-39; Antwerp, 1939-41; Lisbon, 1941-42; Algiers, 1943-44; U.S. Consul General in Marseille, 1944-48.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in 1957
(age about
58 years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Rodolphe L'Heureux and Desneiges (Pichette) L'Heureux; married, June 21,
1927, to Jeannette Blum. |
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Nathan Langley Marden (1896-1957) —
also known as Nathan L. Marden —
of Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis.
Born in Chichester, Merrimack
County, N.H., February
9, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
agent; candidate for mayor
of Oshkosh, Wis., 1951.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died May 10,
1957 (age 61 years, 90
days).
Cremated.
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Thomas James McIntyre (1915-1992) —
also known as Thomas J. McIntyre —
of Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Laconia, Belknap
County, N.H., February
20, 1915.
Democrat. Candidate for New
Hampshire state house of representatives from Laconia 1st Ward,
1938; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Laconia, N.H., 1949-51; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1954; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1956;
U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1962-79; defeated, 1978.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion; Catholic
War Veterans; Grange;
Kiwanis;
Knights
of Columbus.
Died in 1992
(age about
77 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Endicott Peabody (1920-1997) —
also known as "Chub" —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Washington,
D.C.; Hollis, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Lawrence, Essex
County, Mass., February
15, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 3rd District, 1955-56; candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1956, 1958; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1960,
1964,
1968;
Governor
of Massachusetts, 1963-65; defeated, 1960; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1966; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1986.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American Legion; Elks.
Died, from leukemia,
in Hollis, Hillsborough
County, N.H., December
1, 1997 (age 77 years, 289
days).
Interment at Town
Cemetery, Groton, Mass.
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Walter Rutherford Peterson (1922-2011) —
also known as Walter Peterson —
of Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Nashua, Hillsborough
County, N.H., September
19, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1961-69; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1965-69; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1969-73; president,
Franklin Pierce College; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Hampshire, 1988
(alternate), 2008.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Grange;
Lions;
Elks; Eagles.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H., June 1,
2011 (age 88 years, 255
days).
Interment at Pine
Hill Cemetery, Peterborough, N.H.
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Paul E. Provost (1915-1998) —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., February
5, 1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New
Hampshire state senate 18th District; elected 1956.
Catholic.
Member, American Legion; Catholic
War Veterans; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, in St. Raphael Hospital,
New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., June 2,
1998 (age 83 years, 117
days).
Interment at Mt.
Calvary Cemetery, Manchester, N.H.
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John Joseph Sheehan (b. 1899) —
also known as John J. Sheehan —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., April
28, 1899.
Democrat. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1925-28; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1931-32; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Hampshire, 1936,
1940,
1948
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1960;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1938; served in
the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester
4th Ward, 1948; U.S.
Attorney for New Hampshire, 1949-54; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester
4th Ward, 1956.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; American Legion; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Sinclair Weeks (1893-1972) —
also known as Sinclair Weeks —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H.
Born in West Newton, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 15,
1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; banker; mayor of
Newton, Mass., 1930-35; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1932,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1936-38; member of Republican
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1940-53; Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1941-44; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1944; appointed 1944; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1953-58.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; American Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died, in the Rivercrest Nursing
Home, Concord, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
7, 1972 (age 78 years, 237
days).
Interment at Summer
Street Cemetery, Lancaster, N.H.
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Raymond J. Wieczorek (b. 1928) —
also known as Ray Wieczorek —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., December
9, 1928.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; insurance
business; mayor
of Manchester, N.H., 1990-99; defeated, 1999; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council 4th District, 2002-12; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 2004.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 2012.
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